ORDER

11.08.2025

01. The petitioner who came to be deprived of ownership and possession of her 10 marlas and 6^1/2- sirsai parcel of land comprising khasra No. 223 in Korigam Tehsil Qazigund, was not bothered to be paid compensation of any sort whatsoever by the State and its authorities. In fact, the petitioner’s said land is said to have been usurped with impunity for the purpose of construction of a link road from Old National Highway at Qazigund opposite Gousia College leading up to the New Colony, Qazigund as but for use of the petitioner’s said parcel of property there was no possibility of providing the said connecting link for the road from Old National Highway at Qazigund opposite Gousia College to the residential colony known as Gousia Colony.

02. The petitioner was constrained to approach this court with a writ petition WP(C) 2619/2021 which came to be disposed of on merits by the Hon’ble Division Bench in terms of its order dated 7th April, 2023 with a direction to the writ respondents who being (1) Principal Secretary to Government, Public Works (R&B) Department, (2) the Divisional Commissioner, Kashmir, (3) the Deputy Commissioner, Anantnag, (4) the Collector Land Acquis